Taromancie

History

The divinatoire use of the Tarot would seem to be able to be gone back to 1527: publication of the Chaos LED Tri per uno , literary test of reading divinatoire with the tarots of Teofilo Folengo written under the pseudonym of Merlin Cocai. However this example is isolated and still prone to debate (S).

It is during first the XVIII century years in Bologna in Italy that the first document known with the list of the charts and their significances divinatoires is attested, affirms Professor Vitali in Tarocchi E Cartomanzia Tarocchi: Storia Arte Magia" Edizioni the Giugno Tarot 2006 .

The radiation of the Tarot divinatoire will take its rise in France with the freemasons Etteilla, the Count de Mellet and Court of Gebelin.

Definition

One distinguishes the Tarologie, social science which studies the history and the iconography of the tarots and the charts, of his divinatoires applications: Taromancie and Cartomancy.

The taromancian does not practice the " voyance" : the universe of the tarots locates it on a register of potentialities such as they appear in the moment of the consultation.

The cartomancy, it, is more close to the world of the " voyance" : the interpretation of the charts of the Set of 32 or 52 being supposed to reveal fragments to come from the life of the consultant. Often, the fortune-tellers are also " voyantes".

The taromancie is a Divinatory art using the observation of the pulling of charts of the Tarot of Marseilles or the Tarot To be played while the cartomancy uses of supports simplified like the comprising Play of the Four Colors or 52 or 32 charts.

Practical

The play is composed of 78 charts divided into two great groups: major mysteries (or major blades) and minor mysteries (or minor blades).

The major mysteries consist of 22 strong charts of many esoteric symbols . This part of the play can be used with share like a oracle.

The minor mysteries that the taromancian uses connect with pack of 52 cards traditional cartomancy with the correspondence: Hearts = Cuts, Square X = Sticks, Clover = Sums of money, Spade S = Épée S. One finds there in more in each family the Rider. The charts “Roy, Reyne, Rider, Valet” form the Honors, as for the charts from 1 to 10, they are the Numerary ones whose interpretation divinatoire is strongly inspired by numerology.

The practice of the taromancie is carried out between the taromancian and the consultant. The taromancian spreads out the charts in front of the consultant after they were beaten then crossed. Then the consultant chooses of it a certain number, which depends on the type of selected pulling.

There exists much of Méthodes of pulling of the charts divinatoires. The type of pulling most usually met is the Tirage in cross, used to bring an answer to a question. It comprises 4 charts laid out in crosses which make it possible to weigh for, against and to bring an answer to the consultant. Other types of pullings comprising more charts make it possible to obtain a comprehensive view of the future of the consultant.

All the art of the taromancie lies in the interpretation of the symbols of the charts. The taromancian identifies them, connects them between them and a significance compared to their positions in pulling gives them, with the put question and the situation of the consultant.

The taromancie just as the Cartomancie are among the arts divinatoires most commonly used at predictive ends.

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